Judith Butler books in order
American feminist gender studies philosopher
- Born
- 1956
- Country
- United States
- Books
- 19
Judith Butler has published 15 non-fiction books and 4 other books, beginning with Gender Trouble (1990). The latest is The Force of Non-Violence (2020).
Updated September 2026
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Gender Trouble
Judith Butler's most-read book.
Newest
The Force of Non-Violence
Published 2020.
Non-fiction in order
Gender Trouble (Mar 1990)
Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex (1993)
Feminist Contentions (1993), with Seyla Benhabib
Excitable Speech (1996)
The Psychic Life of Power (1997)
Antigone's Claim (2000)
Contingency, Hegemony, Universality (2000), with Slavoj Žižek
Giving an Account of Oneself (2003)
Undoing Gender (2004)
Frames of War: When Is Life Grievable? (2009)
Who Sings the Nation-state? (2010)
Parting Ways (2012)
Dispossession: The Performative in the Political (2013)
Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly (2015)
The Force of Non-Violence (2020)
Other books in order
Precarious Life (2004)
Cuerpos Que Importan (2008)
What World Is This? - a Pandemic Phenomenology (2022)
Who’s Afraid of Gender? (2024)
About Judith Butler
Judith Butler is an American feminist, queer philosopher, and gender studies scholar whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, psychoanalysis, and the fields of feminist and queer theory, academic freedom, and literary theory.
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Judith Butler FAQ
- How many books has Judith Butler written?
- Judith Butler has published 15 non-fiction books and 4 other books that we list, as of September 2026.
- What order should I read Judith Butler's books in?
- Publication order is a safe choice; the full list is above. Most readers start with Gender Trouble.
- What is Judith Butler's latest book?
- The Force of Non-Violence (2020).
- What is Judith Butler's most famous book?
- Gender Trouble (1990) is Judith Butler's most widely read book.
Sources: book lists and dates from Wikidata and Open Library, ratings from Open Library readers. Last updated September 2026.